Korea, Mexico and Poland. Using industry-level data, we show that i) technology diffusion and productivity gains tend to be … regional: Korea (Mexico) (Poland) benefits mainly from trade with Japan (North America) (the EU); and ii) the dynamic version … of the ?natural trading partners? hypothesis seems to hold for Korea and Mexico though not necessarily for Poland. …

consistently that the introduction of a PSP or a TIP will lead to a significant increase in productivity (about 10 percent) whereas … no such evidence found for ESOPs or SOPs. We also find that the productivity payoff appears to be more long-lasting for … complements in their productivity effects. …

consistently that the introduction of a PSP or a TIP will lead to a significant increase in productivity (about 10 percent) whereas … no such evidence found for ESOPs or SOPs. We also find that the productivity payoff appears to be more long-lasting for … complements in their productivity effects. …

Korea, Mexico and Poland. Using industry-level data, we show that i) technology diffusion and productivity gains tend to be … regional: Korea (Mexico) (Poland) benefits mainly from trade with Japan (North America) (the EU); and ii) the dynamic version … of the "natural trading partners" hypothesis seems to hold for Korea and Mexico though not necessarily for Poland. …

context of work and retirement patterns in Indonesia, Korea, the United States, and the United Kingdom. As is common in many … Korea and Indonesia. Descriptive evidence is presented suggesting that pension eligible workers are far more likely to cease …

productivity, our analysis addresses the following questions: To which extent has the recent awareness over international quality … of research in economics. Our findings indicate that Europe is catching up with the US but, in terms of influential …

sector, four sub-sectors and twelve service sector branches. Recently, both Europe and the US have experienced an increase in … the share of service jobs in Europe relative to the US persists. Understanding the main factors behind this gap is key to … achieving higher employment levels in Europe. This paper focuses on the role of barriers in the EU-15 which may have hindered …

sides of the Atlantic - Europe and the United States. Based on the existing literature and on a statistical analysis of … religious landscape of Europe and of the United States and projections for the future; (ii) religiosity of immigrants (in Europe … religiosity and integration different in Europe and in the United States, due to historical differences in the state …

Europe. …

rapidly raising productivity while making workers redundant. This paper explores the evidence for this view among the IT …-using U.S. manufacturing industries. There is some limited support for more rapid productivity growth in IT … expectations, is that output contracts in IT-intensive industries relative to the rest of manufacturing. Productivity increases …